An electrochromic display element includes a pair of counter electrodes having therebetween an electrochromic compound represented by Formula (1), wherein the electrochromic compound becomes colored when being oxidized and becomes colorless when being reduced by a driving operation of the electrodes: ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents >N--R.sub.4, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.