PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin color-improving agent and a composition for improving skin color which are effective in improving skin color defects caused by pigmentary deposits in blood.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a skin color-improving agent that comprises tocopherol phosphoric acid ester or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a composition for improving skin color that comprises the skin color-improving agent and a pharmacologically-acceptable carrier, wherein a content of the skin color-improving agent is 0.01-20 mass%.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】血液の色素性沈着物に由来する肌色不良にも有効な、皮膚色改善剤及び皮膚色改善用組成物を提供する。【解決手段】トコフェロールリン酸エステル又はその塩を有効成分として含有する、皮膚色改善剤、及び、上記の皮膚色改善剤及び薬学的に許容される担体を含有し、前記皮膚色改善剤の含有量が、0.01~20質量%である、皮膚色改善用組成物。【選択図】なし