7.87 MΩ resistor colour code
Five bands: Violet · Grey · Violet · Yellow · Brown. The first three give the digits — a precision value needs all three — then the multiplier, then how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
7.87 MΩ
7,870,000 ohms
Real range at ±1%
7.7913 MΩ – 7.9487 MΩ
A brown band allows this much drift.
Series
E96
A 1% precision value. Five bands, not four.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violet | 1st digit — 7 |
| 2 | Grey | 2nd digit — 8 |
| 3 | Violet | 3rd digit — 7 |
| 4 | Yellow | Multiplier — ×10k |
| 5 | Brown | Tolerance — ±1% |
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 | 0.419 µA | 1.38 µW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 0.635 µA | 3.18 µW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 1.52 µA | 18.3 µW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 3.05 µA | 73.2 µW | 1/8 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
11
861st most of 1,465 values
In stock
0
across 0 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0227
each
Tolerances sold
±0.5% to ±1%
Packages: 0805, 0603, 1206, 2010, 0402, 2512. Ratings: 63mW to 1W.
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
$0.25
$0.025 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00326
each, but only from 50,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
54,715
across 8 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 7.7× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±1%, rated 1/16 W to 1/2 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: RC0603FR-077M87L 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
Surface mount
795· three-digit, nearest only
7874· four-digit, precision parts
Three digits carry two significant figures, so they cannot write 7.87 MΩ — 795 means 7.9 MΩ. A part at this value is marked 7874.
Values that can overlap this one
At ±1% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 7.87 MΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 7.87 MΩ when combined.