PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound which alone can emit bluish white fluorescence similar to natural teeth, with the fluorescent color hardly influenced even under coexistence with other components, and exhibits excellent color fastness in intraoral environments.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a compound (A) represented by the general formula (1) in the figure, where Rrepresents a C2-20 hydrocarbon group that may have substituents.