A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the acid-generator component (B) including an acid generator (B1) consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1) shown below (wherein Q1 represents a divalent linkage group containing an oxygen atom; Y1 represents a fluorinated alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, with the proviso that the carbon atom adjacent to the sulfur atom within the —SO3− group has a fluorine atom bonded thereto; X represents a hydrocarbon group of 3 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent; and A+ represents an organic cation), and the resist composition further including an organic compound (C) which generates an acid exhibiting a weaker acid strength than the acid generated from the acid generator (B1) upon exposure. [Chemical Formula 1] X-Q1-Y1—SO3+A+  (b1)