Soft contact lenses can be classified into several categories and the most common are:

disposable for daily use, both white and colored

disposable for weekly use

disposable for fortnightly use, both white and colored

disposable for monthly use, both white and colored

at night and day and / or therapeutic stay

half-yearly

annual

Furthermore these can be:

spherical, to correct simple myopia or farsightedness

toric, to correct in addition to myopia or farsightedness also astigmatism

progressive, to correct the optical defect for far and near