An ophthalmic lens to be worn on or in a human eye for refractive correction of astigmatism, the lens having an optical axis, an anterior surface and a posterior surface, the anterior surface or the posterior surface being flat or of spherical shape, and the anterior surface and the posterior surface (4, 5) being shaped such that at least a zone of said lens said lens has: a first dioptric power over a first main meridian; and a second dioptric power different from said first dioptric power over a second main meridian intersecting said first main meridian; wherein the anterior surface and the posterior surfaces (4, 5) are shaped such that at least said zone of said lens has a dioptric power between said first dioptric power and said second dioptric power over each meridian between said first and second main meridians (6v, 6h), said optical power continuously varying from meridian to meridian; characterized in that the main meridians (6v, 6h) and each meridian between the main meridians (6v, 6h) each have a different Coddington shape factor and a different asphericity that is related to the Coddington shape factor of the respective meridian (6, 6v, 6h) in accordance with a relationship according to Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 providing spherical aberration neutral refraction for the respective meridian (6, 6v, 6h), wherein Fig. 3 relates to a case in which the lens is a biconvex lens, and wherein Fig. 4 relates to a case in which the lens is a concave-convex lens, and wherein: y α = ± x 2 / r 1 / 1 + 1 − K α + 1 * x 2 / r 1 2 0.5, where: y α = sagittal height of a point on the respective meridian, x = distance to the optical axis on each meridian, r 1 = radius at apex of each meridian, and K α = conic constant of asphericity of each meridian. a first dioptric power over a first main meridian; and a second dioptric power different from said first dioptric power over a second main meridian intersecting said first main meridian; wherein the anterior surface and the posterior surfaces (4, 5) are shaped such that at least said zone of said lens has a dioptric power between said first dioptric power and said second dioptric power over each meridian between said first and second main meridians (6v, 6h), said optical power continuously varying from meridian to meridian; characterized in that the main meridians (6v, 6h) and each meridian between the main meridians (6v, 6h) each have a different Coddington shape factor and a different asphericity that is related to the Coddington shape factor of the respective meridian (6, 6v, 6h) in accordance with a relationship according to Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 providing spherical aberration neutral refraction for the respective meridian (6, 6v, 6h), wherein Fig. 3 relates to a case in which the lens is a biconvex lens, and wherein Fig. 4 relates to a case in which the lens is a concave-convex lens, and wherein: y α = ± x 2 / r 1 / 1 + 1 − K α + 1 * x 2 / r 1 2 0.5, where: y α = sagittal height of a point on the respective meridian, x = distance to the optical axis on each meridian, r 1 = radius at apex of each meridian, and K α = conic constant of asphericity of each meridian. y α = sagittal height of a point on the respective meridian, x = distance to the optical axis on each meridian, r 1 = radius at apex of each meridian, and K α = conic constant of asphericity of each meridian.