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Baby Eye Color Calculator

Pick the parents' eye colors (and grandparents', for a sharper estimate) to see the likely odds for your baby's eye color.

Include grandparents' eye colors
Mother's parents
Father's parents
Brown
Hazel / Green
Blue / Gray
Eye color is influenced by many genes, not just one — this is a simplified estimate based on the parents' (and grandparents') colors, not a genetic guarantee. Many babies are also born with eyes that continue to change color until around their first birthday.

Common questions

What color eyes will my baby have?

Pick both parents' eye colors above (and grandparents', if you know them, for a sharper estimate) to see rough odds for brown, hazel/green and blue/gray. Eye color is influenced by several genes working together, so this is a simplified estimate rather than a certainty — two brown-eyed parents can still have a blue-eyed baby, and vice versa.

When do babies' eyes stop changing color?

Many babies are born with a grayish-blue or indeterminate eye color that shifts as melanin builds up over their first several months — most eye color is fairly settled by around 6–9 months, though some continue to shift subtly until closer to their first birthday.

Can two blue-eyed parents have a brown-eyed baby?

It's uncommon but not impossible — eye color depends on multiple genes, not a single simple trait, so unusual combinations can occasionally appear even when both parents share the same eye color. It's far more likely with brown, since brown is generally dominant over blue.

What about hair color — can this calculator predict that too?

Not this one — hair color depends on a different, even more complex set of genes than eye color, so we don't estimate it here. As a rough guide, darker hair tends to be genetically dominant over lighter shades, but the actual outcome for any specific baby is much harder to predict reliably.