The present invention provides a compound useful as a photoelectric conversion dye having excellent photoelectric conversion performance. The compound according to the present invention is a thiazole-based compound represented by the following general formula (1), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof. In the general formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group, or a cyano group, D represents an organic group comprising an electron-donating substituent, Z represents a linking group having a heteroaromatic ring or at least one hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring, a vinylene group (—CH═CH—), or an ethynylene group (—C≡C—), and M represents a hydrogen atom or a salt-forming cation.