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Kobo Clara Colour

  • 6" colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 touchscreen
  • Waterproof
  • Listen to Kobo Audiobooks

Judge your books by their colours

Step into the world of colour covers, illustrations, and more.

As if Kobo Clara couldn’t get any better, our perfect 6" eReader just levelled up with all-new colour. Say goodbye to grey, and take the leap into digital reading with a glare-free, distraction-free colour experience. Give paper some competition, and see just how colourful your library can be—on one compact, lightweight device packed with features. Explore colour inside and out, with illustrations and imagery that truly bring colour to your reading life.

Browse and read eBooks in full colour

Experience true comfort with the 6" E Ink Kaleido™ 3 display’s soothing colour palette. No glare in sunlight, no social media distractions—just you and your book in full-colour bliss. Whether you’re a non-fiction buff or a fiction fanatic, let colour bring added depth to your browsing, bookshelves, and reading experience.

Never hunt for a highlighter

Now, with multiple colours available at the touch of a finger, you can highlight your eBooks just like print books. Add, erase, or change colours as you go, and easily see all your highlights by chapter at a glance—your book club quotes have never been easier to find!

See your eBooks in their best light

Experience visual comfort day or night with a gentle frontlight, and let screen glare and eyestrain become a thing of the past. ComfortLight PRO automatically reduces blue light throughout the day, and you can personalize your reading settings via font size, line spacing, or even Dark Mode—your eyes will thank you.
A Kobo Clara Colour eReader in its SleepCover stand, set on a wooden table by a potted plant and lamp.

Better by design

Thoughtfully made with recycled and ocean-bound plastic, Kobo Clara Colour is a more eco-conscious eReader. Built to last, it is also repairable, so you can extend its life and replace key components. Learn more about Kobo’s sustainability practices at kobo.com/eco and more about repairability at kobo.com/repairability.

A Kobo Clara Colour eReader set on a marble counter, with water spilled on it. Its screen shows a colour image from a cookbook.

Waterproof for reading anywhere

Kobo Clara Colour has full waterproof¹ protection. That means it’s always ready for unexpected spills, splashes by the sea, or a relaxing soak in the tub.

A hand removes a Kobo Clara Colour eReader from a bookbag sitting on a wooden chair. A hand removes a Kobo Clara Colour eReader from a bookbag sitting on a wooden chair.

Keep your stories uninterrupted

Dive into your favourite books without a worry, with weeks of battery life² and 16GB of storage. Your reading stamina might just have met its match with Kobo Clara Colour, which can accommodate up to 12,000 eBooks or 75 Kobo Audiobooks³.

Endless ways to read, with Kobo's signature eReading experience

Listen to Kobo Audiobooks with built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology⁴.

Dive into the Kobo Store’s extensive collection of eBooks and audiobooks.

Use Pocket to save online articles for offline reading at your leisure.

Adjust font size, margins, and change font style for a customized reading experience.

¹Meets requirements of IPX8 rating. Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water.
²A single charge on the eReader lasts up to 42 days, based on 30 minutes of reading per day with the front light at 30% brightness and WiFi and Bluetooth® wireless technology off.
³1GB = 1 billion bytes. Assumes an approximate size of about 1.3MB per eBook, and average audiobook length of 6.5 hours with 28.8MB per hour. Some storage space utilized by software.
⁴Kobo Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth® wireless headphones or speaker required.

Technical Specs

Display

6" E Ink Kaleido™ 3 display with FastGLR and Dark Mode
1448 x 1072
300 PPI—black-and-white content
150 PPI—colour content

Storage

16GB

CPU

Dual 2.0 GHz

Connectivity

WiFi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (i.e. dual band, 2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth® wireless technology, and USB-C

Battery

1500 mAh, weeks of battery*
*A single charge on the eReader lasts up to 42 days, based on 30 minutes of reading per day with the front light at 30% brightness and WiFi and Bluetooth® wireless technology off.

Waterproof

IPX8 - up to 60 mins in 2 metres of water

Front Light

ComfortLight PRO – Adjustable brightness and colour temperature for blue light reduction

Customizability

iType: 13 different fonts and over 50 font styles

Dimensions

112 x 160 x 9.2 mm

Weight

174 g
Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.

Supported Formats

15 file formats supported natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
Kobo Audiobooks**
**Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth® wireless headphones or speaker required.

Languages

English, French, French (Canada), German, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Turkish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Romanian, and Czech.

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