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a very light blue.
baby blues, Informal. a person’s blue eyes:
His charm lies largely in the way he bats his baby blues.
Contemporary Examples

Apparently security was watching the throne of baby blue Ivy.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé: The Birth of Blue Ivy Carter January 8, 2012

The fair-haired Chris Matthews was in a scary striped number in baby blue and pink.
Forget the Electoral College—Who Won the Battle of the Neckties? Blake Gopnik November 7, 2012

A single white ball arcs up into the baby blue sky before zooming back down to the ground at great speed.
The Girl From Ipanema Is Not Alone: Rio’s Famous Beach Is A Rich, Cultural Kaleidoscope Brandon Presser June 22, 2014

Historical Examples

Ruth knew that she had actually begun to crochet a baby blue tam-o’-shanter.
Ruth Fielding At College Alice B. Emerson

I expect it was the baby blue tam-o’-shanter that got me noticin’ her first off.
Torchy and Vee Sewell Ford

And in every store seeking trade from the college girls they found the baby blue tam-o’-shanters.
Ruth Fielding At College Alice B. Emerson

Mr. Driscoll sank into an upholstered chair, and a skirmish began between his purple face and the baby blue of the chair’s back.
The Walking Delegate Leroy Scott

Bill Saxby’s eyes of baby blue were big and round as saucers as he wildly flourished his paddle as the only cudgel at hand.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer Ralph D. Paine

The baby blue eyes deepened to the deep violet-blue of overhead skies in June.
Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter

The proprietor of the room had finished her baby blue cap and had worn it the first time that week.
Ruth Fielding At College Alice B. Emerson