JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div><img src="http://images.google.com/images/icons/product/chrome-48.png" /></div>

CSS

div {
    height: 100px;
    border: 1px solid #f00;
    position: relative;
}

div img {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    margin-top: -24px; /* half of total height of image */
}