2.7 MΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Red · Violet · Green · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
2.7 MΩ
2,700,000 ohms
Real range at ±5%
2.565 MΩ – 2.835 MΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E12
Held in almost every parts drawer.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | 1st digit — 2 |
| 2 | Violet | 2nd digit — 7 |
| 3 | Green | Multiplier — ×100,000 |
| 4 | Gold | Tolerance — ±5% |
How much it can take
Current and dissipation across the resistor, and the package you need. The suggested rating keeps a factor of two in hand, which is what anyone building a board actually does.
| Across it | Current | Dissipated | Package to pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 V | 1.22 µA | 4.03 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 1.85 µA | 9.26 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 4.44 µA | 53.3 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 8.89 µA | 213 µW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
72
538th most of 1,465 values
In stock
0
across 0 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0049
each
Tolerances sold
±0.1% to ±5%
6 grades in all
Packages: 0805, 1206, 1210, 0603, 2512, 2010, 0201, 0402. Ratings: 50mW to 2W.
What ten of them actually cost
The price everyone quotes is the reel price. If you want ten, you cannot buy the reel — and the real figure is usually several times higher per piece.
Ten pieces
$0.21
$0.021 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00218
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
452,338
across 24 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 9.6× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±0.1% and ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/20 W to 1/2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RC0402FR-072M7L by YAGEO — see it at Digi-Key.
Assembly stock from the JLCPCB library, read 2026-09-24. Retail prices and stock from Digi-Key, read 2026-09-24. Prices move — check the product page before ordering. That is what a board house will place for you — not everything a distributor sells.
The same value, marked differently
Five bands
RedVioletBlackYellowBrown
Three significant digits and a ±1% band.
Values that can overlap this one
At ±5% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 2.7 MΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 2.55 MΩ2.5245 MΩ–2.5755 MΩ
- 2.61 MΩ2.5839 MΩ–2.6361 MΩ
- 2.67 MΩ2.6433 MΩ–2.6967 MΩ
- 2.74 MΩ2.7126 MΩ–2.7674 MΩ
- 2.8 MΩ2.772 MΩ–2.828 MΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 2.7 MΩ when combined.