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Choosing the Perfect Hair Colors for Blue Eyes

Updated on September 8, 2025 | 4 min read

Jaclyn LaBadia, Davines Writer

When it comes to changing your hair color, in addition to considering what the colored hair maintenance will look like and how many sessions it will take to get you there; professional colorists often recommend choosing a shade that complements your eye color. Whether green eyes, brown eyes, hazel or blue, your eyes are the key to understanding your most flattering hair color. Especially with lighter eyes, changes to your hair color can affect the color of your eyes. And there are certain hues that will make your blue eyes pop. We’re telling you how to choose the perfect hair color for your blue eyes, plus tips for colored hair maintenance, below!

Key Takeaways

"Understanding your skin’s undertones is crucial when selecting a hair color that complements your blue eyes.
For individuals with blue eyes and fair skin, different shades of blonde are recommended.
For medium to darker skin tones, shades ranging from dark to lighter browns are suggested.
When dying your hair, consider the amount of maintenance it will require to keep the color looking vibrant and the hair healthy.
Making an appointment with a Davines hair stylist is always recommended, as they can provide you with proper hair care advice from a professional perspective. "

Understanding Your Skin Tone and Hair Color

When it comes to dyeing your hair, your skin tone and eye color are the most important factors to consider before you pick a shade. Your skin tone is determined by the undertones of your skin. To find the dominant undertones in your skin, look at the veins in your wrist in the sunlight. If they appear blue or purple, you have cool-toned skin. If they look green, you have warm toned skin. If you can’t tell whether they look blue or green, you’re likely neutral, or olive toned. Now that you understand your skin tone it’s time to find out what hair color is best for your blue eyes.

5 Best Hair Colors for Blue Eyes and Fair Skin

We're starting with some beautiful blonde shades:

Platinum Blonde

Blue eyes pop the most against an icy platinum blonde. This cool color combo is so complimentary, especially on fair skin. But keep in mind that the darker your starting base color, the more chemicals you’ll expose your strands to. Darker hair can also go through a lot of damage trying to obtain this color. It’s important to care for your blonde hair anytime you use bleach.

Honey Blonde

Honey blonde is a hue that mixes yellow and brown tones and looks similar to — you guessed it — honey. It’s the perfect blend of intentional warmth that’s so flattering with blue eyes and warm fair skin. But brunettes beware: the darker your hair is to start, the more complicated the lightning process is. You need a professional that understands how to neutralize the unwanted brassy tones while lifting to honey blonde.

Ash Blonde

Ash is a cool blonde color with undertones of blue, purple and silver. An ash blonde on cool toned fair skin is another pretty combination for blue eyed people. The cool undertones of the ash really make blue eyes pop. And good news, this blonde isn't off limits to brunettes. Balayage ash highlights look so flattering throughout darker strands.

Golden Blonde

Golden blonde, a warm shade with flecks of gold, brown, and red, is another perfect pairing for those with blue eyes and fair skin.It’s a similar shade to honey blonde, with deeper red and brown undertones for a richer, multidimensional blonde. Warm tones do an exceptionally good job at making you look younger, so if this is your goal, consider going golden blonde.

Strawberry Blonde

Not quite true red, but not quite blonde either, strawberry blonde is a soft hybrid of the two. This shade is naturally flattering to fair skin and light eyes, but going redrequires maintenance. Red hair is prone to fading and looking brassy. It's important to use hair care products designed for color-treated hair, and protect your strands from things like heat, chlorine, and environmental pollution.

5 Best Hair Colors for Blue Eyes and Medium to Dark Skin Tones

Wondering what is the best hair color for blue eyesand darker skin tones? Brunette shades in general make the best hair colors for blue eyes and medium to dark skin. Our colorists say these brown hair colors are the most flattering shades for your eyes and skin tone.

Dark Brown

Dark brown hair is a deep brunette shade that gives off a glossy, shining appearance that often resembles the color black. Though it works for most complexions, dark brown hair is especially flattering on medium to dark skin and blue eyes. Dark colors bring out the warmth in darker skin tones, as well as the depth in lighter eyes, making for a striking combo.

Chocolate Brown

Chocolate brown is a medium to dark shade of brown. It’s not quite as dark as black, but it’s darker than warm golden-brown shades. Chocolate brown hair complements so many features, bringing out blue eyes and shining against tan skin.

Light Brown

A sandy light brown like hazelnut works really well with blue eyes and medium to dark skin. If you have darker skin, and don’t want to go this light all over, bring light brown into your hair in the form of highlights. And remember that purple shampooworks the same way to eliminate brassiness on light brown hair as it does on blonde. It helps prevent color fade, while keeping brown hair vibrant.

Golden Brown

Golden brown is a warm shade that is so flattering on people with medium to dark skin and blue eyes. It's a blend of medium brown and light blonde, and it’s a great way to lighten up naturally dark to medium brown hair. Consider adding some dark golden highlights for a beautiful contrast against a darker complexion.

Warm Brown

Warm browns work really well with medium and dark skin tones. And darker shades work just as well complementing your blue eye color. If you already have dark hair, adding some warm brown highlights is a low-maintenance non-committal hair refresher. Stick to a brown that’s within two shades of your natural color.

Tips for Choosing the Right Shade of Hair Color

These factors can help you choose the best hair color for blue eyes. Keep them in mind when deciding on a shade.

Upkeep and commitment

Before choosing a color, know the commitment you're making. Lightening the hair requires more color maintenance and trips to the salon. Going darker is much easier, especially if your colorist uses a demi-permanent dye, which fades out gradually over time.

Your undertones

Your hair color should complement your skin undertones. Generally, warm goes with yellow, gold, or orange hues; cool tones go with pink, violet, or blue shades; olive skin looks best with warm tones; and neutral undertones go with any color.

Your hair texture

Bleach and hair color weaken strands as they open the cuticle to pull or deposit pigment. So if you have dry, frizzy or damaged hair, consider warm tones so your hair reflects more light and looks healthier.

Only trust a professional stylist

Only trust a professional when it comes to coloring your hair. If you aren't a trained hair stylist you can cause lots of damage to your hair trying to color it yourself. In addition to damage, you could end up having to see a colorist anyway to color-correct your hair.

Hair Care Tips for Maintaining Your Hair Color

If you’ve colored hair, it's important to follow these tips to prevent fading and maintain healthy strands.

Avoid sulfates

Sulfates are cleansing agents that are too harsh on colored hair and notorious for stripping color. Use only sulfate-free shampoos and conditioners to gently cleanse your colored strands.

Add some texture to your strands

As you age, the texture of your hair can change, in some cases resulting in thinning hair and hair loss. Adding some man-made texture is a quick way to disguise this. If your hair is naturally straight, spray a sea salt spray into your hair while it’s damp and let it air-dry for piecey, textured strands. Scrunch your hair with your hands creating height at your crown and disguising any problem areas. Wondering why your hair texture changes? Check out our previous post to learn more!

Keep your shower cool

The heat of your shower can affect the look of your hair color. Heat causes the hair’s cuticle to swell and open, leading color molecules to rinse down the drain. Keep the water temperature lukewarm or cooler.

Air dry and style your hair

Avoiding hot tools like blow dryers, flat irons and curling wands means less exposure to heat that can allow color molecules to escape your strands. As often as you can, let your hair air dry naturally. On those times you absolutely can’t avoid using heat, prep your hair with a heat protectant spray.

Deep condition

Using a hair mask once a week will deep condition your colored hair strands keeping them healthy and vibrant. If you have color-treated hair that’s also dehydrated, we recommend NOUNOU Hair Mask. It repairs bleached, permed or relaxed hair, restoring hydration, body and nourishment.

Daily Care Travel Set

A combination of DEDE Shampoo and Conditioner, plus This is an Invisible Serum in travel sizes make up this daily care travel set, perfect for fine or short hair in humid conditions.

Oi Travel Set

This nourishing travel set is the ultimate product combo for nourishing and softening all hair types on the go. This set includes travel size products of OI Shampoo, OI Conditioner and OI All in One Milk.

Colored Hair Travel Set

Traveling with colored hair? This color-safe travel set comes with MINU Shampoo and Conditioner to protect your color and The Wake-Up Circle mask for volumized strands and a hydrated scalp.

Blonde Care Travel Set

A blonde hair travel set featuring Heart Of Glass Shampoo, Conditioner and The Wake-Up Circle mask designed for shaded, natural or treated blond hair. Perfect for balancing, reviving and brightening blonde shades on vacation.

Dry Hair Travel Set

This dry hair travel set contains a combination of travel size hair products that nourish and soften strands. Including three bestsellers, MOMO Shampoo and Conditioner and The Renaissance Circle mask for shiny, fragrant vacation hair.

Final Thoughts on Choosing a Hair Color

To get professional advice on the best hair color for blue eyes, book an appointment with a Davines colorist. And remember that maintaining beautiful color between salon sessions relies on your at-home colored hair maintenance routine. Follow our tips and use only high quality hair products to care for and style your color-treated hair. All Davines hair care products are free of harmful toxins, use natural ingredients, and are made with renewable energy and packaging that minimizes the environmental impact. Our hair care isn’t just good for your hair, it’s good for the planet.

FAQs

What hair products can I travel with?

You can travel with most hair products, being mindful that liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes must be in containers of 3.4 ounces or less. This includes shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, mousse, curl cream, serum and styling gel. Shampoo bars and powders like dry shampoo are generally allowed without restrictions.

How to keep hair nice when traveling?

Keep your hair looking its best when traveling by focusing on hydration, seasonal protection and strategic styling. Deep condition before your trip, and use leave-in conditioner or hair oil during to combat dryness. Use dry shampoo for touchups on the go and wear protective styles to minimize frizz, tangles and breakage. Protect your hair from sun and heat with hats and UV protection sprays and stock up on the travel size versions of all your favorite hair care essentials.

How long do travel size hair products last?

Travel-size hair products typically last a week or longer, depending on the length of your hair, product type and frequency of use. For example, a TSA approved, 3.4 ounce bottle of shampoo should last a week with daily washing, but much longer if you wash less frequently. Things like hair length, hair type and washing/styling frequency will significantly impact how long a travel size hair product lasts.

How big can hair products be on a plane?

TSA requires anyone traveling by plane to ensure liquids, gels, and aerosols are no more than 3.4 ounces each in your carry-on. However, there are no restrictions on the size of hair products packed in checked luggage.

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