PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contrast medium for photoacoustic imaging high in accumulation property to tumor and large in photoacoustic signal strength generated from the tumor even upon the lapse of a time after administration.SOLUTION: There is provided a compound in which an organic coloring matter absorbing light in a near-infrared wavelength range exemplified below and PEG having branch covalently bind. (41), where n is any integer of 10 to 2500.