JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a><img src="http://img.brothersoft.com/icon/softimage/s/smiley.s_challenge-131939.jpeg" /></a>

CSS

a {
    display: block;
    background: #000;
    line-height: 40px; 
    height:80px;
  position:relative;  
}
img {
    
position:absolute;
   top:50%;
   margin-top:-16px;}