A multifocal ophthalmic lens includes an ophthalmic lens and a diffractive element. The ophthalmic lens having an anterior surface and a posterior surface； and the diffractive element disposed on at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface, the diffractive element including a plurality of annular diffractive steps and four consecutive diffractive orders. The ophthalmic lens produces a near focus, an intermediate focus, and a distance focus each corresponding to a different one of the four consecutive diffractive orders； and the plurality of annular diffractive steps of the diffractive element are configured such that one of the four diffractive orders is suppressed and at least a portion of the energy associated with that suppressed diffractive order is redistributed to one of the near focus, the intermediate focus, and the distance focus.
