Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of forming an optical film and an optical anisotropic body having an ideal wavelength dispersion property (ie, inverse wavelength dispersion property) exhibiting wideband properties, and exhibiting liquid crystal properties alone. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (I). [In formula (I), Ar is represented by any one of the following formulae (II-1) to (II-3)]