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HTML
<div style="display:flex;">
<div class="container table">
<div class="tableCell">
<div class="content"><em>Table</em> method</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container flex">
<div class="content new"><em>Flex</em> method<br></div>
</div>
<div class="container relative">
<div class="content"><em>Position</em> method</div>
</div>
<div class="container margin">
<div class="content"><em>Margin</em> method</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
em{font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;}
.container {
width:200px;height:200px;background:#ccc;
margin: 5px; text-align: center;
}
.content{
width:100px; height: 100px;background:#37a;margin:auto;color: #fff;
}
.table{display: table;}
.table > div{display: table-cell;height: 100%;width: 100%;vertical-align: middle;}
.flex{display: flex;}
.relative{position: relative;}
.relative > div {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;right: 0;bottom: 0;}
.margin > div {position:relative; margin-top: 50%;top: -50px;}