HTML:

<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="centered">
        centered
    </div>
</div>

CSS:

.wrapper {
  position: relative;
  height: 600px;
}
.centered {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 999;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
}