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HTML

<div id="container"> 
    <div id="centered"> </div>
</div>

CSS

#container {
    height: 400px;
    width: 400px;
    background-color: lightblue;
    text-align: center;
}

#container:before {
    height: 100%;
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

#centered {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: blue;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    margin: 0 auto;
}