A resist composition comprising a solid component comprising a resist base material, and a solvent, wherein the resist composition comprises 1 to 80% by mass of the solid component and 20 to 99% by mass of the solvent, the resist base material comprises a compound (ctt form) represented by the formula and a compound represented by the formula, a proportion of the compound (ctt form) represented by the formula to the resist base material is from 65 to 99% by mass, and a mass ratio of the compound represented by the formula to the compound (ctt form) represented by the formula is from 0.01 to 0.53: (in formula, R are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group having 0 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyloyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloyloxy group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group in which a divalent group (one or more groups selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, and an ether group) is bonded to any of these groups; R 12 is an unsubstituted cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 14 carbon atoms; and p is an integer of 0 to 4.) (in formula, R is the same as defined above; R' and X are each independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group having 0 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyloyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group in which a divalent group (one or more groups selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, and an ether group) is bonded to any of these groups, provided that the compound represented by the formula differs from any of the compound (ctt form) represented by the formula and stereoisomers thereof.)