How to center div vertically inside of absolutely

Question

I am trying to get blue container in the middle of pink one, however seems vertical-align: middle; doesn't do the job in that case.

<div style="display: block; position: absolute; left: 50px; top: 50px;">
    <div style="text-align: left; position: absolute;height: 56px;vertical-align: middle;background-color: pink;">
        <div style="background-color: lightblue;">test</div>
    </div>
</div>

Result:

Expectation:

Please suggest how can I achieve that.

Jsfiddle

Answer 1

An additional simple solution

HTML:

<div id="d1">
    <div id="d2">
        Text
    </div>
</div>

---

CSS:

#d1{
    position:absolute;
    top:100px;left:100px;
}

#d2{
    border:1px solid black;
    height:50px; width:50px;
    display:table-cell;
    vertical-align:middle;
    text-align:center;  
}

Answer 2

Use flex blox in your absoutely positioned div to center its content.

See example https://plnkr.co/edit/wJIX2NpbNhO34X68ZyoY?p=preview

.some-absolute-div {    
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: -moz-box;
  display: -moz-flex;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;

  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -ms-flex-pack: center;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  -moz-justify-content: center;
  justify-content: center;

  -webkit-box-align: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  -moz-align-items: center;
  align-items: center;
}

Answer 3

Center vertically and horizontally:

.parent{
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}
.c{
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}