Provided herein are optically transparent materials configured to block an appropriate amount of incident
blue light, such that when the materials are positioned in the
optical path between environmental light and the
retina of a user, the optically transparent materials reduce the amount of
blue light from the environmental light that reaches the
retina of a user. The materials can block an effective amount of
blue light to minimize damage to
retinal tissue while permitting transmission of an effective amount of maintain acceptable
photopic vision,
scotopic vision,
color vision, and circadian rhythms.