Current price
£179.99
Original price
£199.99
Colour your thinking
Read and mark up¹ your beloved stories, now in colour.
Introducing our most inspiring eReader yet: the new Kobo Libra Colour. Bring magic to your margins by annotating your pages, organizing your thoughts, and highlighting inspiring lines, all in colour. With Kobo Stylus 2 compatibility, you can dive deeper into your favourite stories by marking up meaningful moments and highlighting powerful passages in the eBooks you love.
Browse and read eBooks in full colour
Bring colour to your fictional and factual worlds. Experience your reading life in colour with the 7" E Ink Kaleido™ 3 display's soothing colour palette. Book covers, illustrations, note-taking and more come to life. No glare in sunlight, no notifications—just you and your book in full-colour bliss.
Dive into your stories with colourful mark-ups
With Kobo Stylus 2¹ compatibility, you can mark up and highlight your eBooks in colour. Add depth to your own reading world by underlining inspiring lines and bringing some personality to your pages.
Your journal, daily planner, book club prep and more
Whether you're capturing a book club note, a journal entry, or an inspired thought—it’s never been easier or more fun with Kobo's integrated notebooks and Kobo Stylus 2¹. Effortlessly share your thoughts in colour (or just never lose them) with notebooks backed up on the Kobo Cloud, and connection to Dropbox or Google Drive.
Read comfortably, always
With an ergonomically curved form meant to fit perfectly in your hand, Kobo Libra Colour is a delight to read on with page-turn buttons, left/right screen rotation, full font size and margin customization, and landscape mode. For restful reading at night, ComfortLight PRO automatically reduces blue light throughout the day. Or, read with Dark Mode—your eyes will thank you.
Better by design
Thoughtfully made with recycled and ocean-bound plastic, as well as being fully waterproof², the Kobo Libra Colour is built to last. This eReader 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.
Endless ways to read, with Kobo's signature eReading experience
Carry up to 24,000 eBooks or 150 Kobo Audiobooks with 32GB of storage³ and enjoy weeks of battery life⁴.
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks with built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology⁵.
Dive into the Kobo Store's extensive collection of eBooks and audiobooks.
Borrow eBooks directly from your local library with OverDrive and Libby integration⁶.
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.
¹Kobo Stylus 2 sold separately.
²Meets requirements of IPX8 rating. Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water.
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.
⁴A single charge on the eReader lasts up to 40 days, based on 30 minutes of reading per day with the front light at 30% brightness and WiFi and Bluetooth® wireless technology off.
⁵Kobo Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth® wireless headphones or speaker required.
⁶OverDrive available only in select countries. eBook availability varies by library location.
Technical Specs
Display |
7" E Ink Kaleido™ 3 display with FastGLR and Dark Mode |
Storage |
32GB |
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 |
2050 mAh, weeks of battery* |
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 |
144.6 x 161 x 8.3 mm |
Weight |
199.5 g |
Supported Formats |
15 file formats supported natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR) |
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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Screen Size
Adjustable Front Light
Blue Light Control
Storage
Long Battery Life
Waterproof
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks
Google Drive & Dropbox
Kobo Stylus Compatibility
Exterior made with recycled plastic
7" colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 touchscreen
7" colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 touchscreen
Adjustable front light
Blue light control
32GB = 24,000 eBooks
32GB = 24,000 eBooks
Long battery life
Waterproof
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks
Google Drive & Dropbox
Yes, Kobo Stylus sold separately
Yes, Kobo Stylus sold separately
Exterior made with recycled plastic
Black
6" colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 touchscreen
6" colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 touchscreen
Adjustable front light
Blue light control
16GB = 12,000 eBooks
16GB = 12,000 eBooks
Long battery life
Waterproof
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks
No integrated cloud storage
Not compatible with Kobo Stylus
Not compatible with Kobo Stylus
Exterior made with recycled plastic
Available In:
Black
8” HD flush E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen
8” HD flush E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen
Adjustable front light
Blue light control
32GB = 24,000 eBooks
32GB = 24,000 eBooks
Long battery life
Waterproof
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks
Google Drive & Dropbox
Yes, Kobo Stylus sold separately
Yes, Kobo Stylus sold separately
Not made with recycled plastic
Available In:
Black
