PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blue fluorescent material that is composed of elements having high safety for a human body, is excited by natural light, and emits a blue light having a sufficient emission intensity.SOLUTION: Provided is a blue fluorescent material comprising an amorphous silica particle, cerium, phosphorus and/or magnesium, and in which, characterized, the dominant wavelength of a light emitted when excited with an excitation light having a wavelength of 350 to 400 nm is shown to be 430 to 500 nm.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT