A multi-focal ophthalmic contact lens (10,11) having a front surface, a back surface, and an optical axis, comprising: a center optical zone (201b, 201f) in a central portion of the lens, wherein light that enters the front surface of the lens is focused by the center optical zone (201b, 201f) in a direction parallel to the optical axis in a first focal point within 2.5° of the optical axis; a peripheral near vision optical zone (202b, 202f) located adjacent and radially outwardly from the center optical zone (201b, 201f), wherein light that enters the front surface of the lens and that deviates from the optical axis with an angle of between 2° and 10° with respect to the optical axis is focused by the peripheral near vision optical zone (202b, 202f) in a direction not parallel to the optical axis in a second focal point at between 2° and 10° with respect to the optical axis, wherein the curvature of the front surface of the lens in the peripheral near vision optical zone is steeper than the curvature of the front surface of the lens in the center optical zone by between 4 and 10 diopters, or wherein the back surface of the lens in the peripheral near vision optical zone is steeper than the curvature of the back surface of the lens in the center optical zone by between 4 and 10 diopters, wherein the first focal point and the second focal point do not overlap, wherein the lens is radially symmetrical around the optical axis, wherein the center optical zone has a diameter of between 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm, and wherein the peripheral optical zone extends radially outwardly at an annular diameter of between 0.75 mm and 2.00 mm from the center of the lens. a center optical zone (201b, 201f) in a central portion of the lens, wherein light that enters the front surface of the lens is focused by the center optical zone (201b, 201f) in a direction parallel to the optical axis in a first focal point within 2.5° of the optical axis; a peripheral near vision optical zone (202b, 202f) located adjacent and radially outwardly from the center optical zone (201b, 201f), wherein light that enters the front surface of the lens and that deviates from the optical axis with an angle of between 2° and 10° with respect to the optical axis is focused by the peripheral near vision optical zone (202b, 202f) in a direction not parallel to the optical axis in a second focal point at between 2° and 10° with respect to the optical axis, wherein the curvature of the front surface of the lens in the peripheral near vision optical zone is steeper than the curvature of the front surface of the lens in the center optical zone by between 4 and 10 diopters, or wherein the back surface of the lens in the peripheral near vision optical zone is steeper than the curvature of the back surface of the lens in the center optical zone by between 4 and 10 diopters, wherein the first focal point and the second focal point do not overlap, wherein the lens is radially symmetrical around the optical axis, wherein the center optical zone has a diameter of between 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm, and wherein the peripheral optical zone extends radially outwardly at an annular diameter of between 0.75 mm and 2.00 mm from the center of the lens.