The present invention relates to a novel anthrapyridone compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof and provides a magenta coloring matter having a very vivid hue suitable for inkjet recording, being strong in fastnesses of recorded matters, and having an excellent storage stability: ##STR00001## {wherein, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group, and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group (which may have an aryl group, a heterocycle group, a sulfonic acid group, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a hydroxy group, a nitro group and the like on the alkyl group and further may have a substituent on the aryl group and the heterocycle group) respectively}