Vertically center text in a 100% height div?

Question

I am working with a div that is 100% of the parent divs height.

The div only contains a single line of text.

The div cannot have a fixed height.

So my question is.

How do I vertically center the line of text?

I have tried using:

display: table-cell;  
line-height:200%;

If it is important the div is absolutely positioned.

---

Current CSS

.requests {
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 50px;
    padding: 0 10px;
    background-color: #69A4B5;
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}

Answer 1

The best and easiest way to do it (currently in 2015 2020) is using flexbox:

.parent-selector {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

And that's it :D

Check-out this working example:

div {
    border: 1px solid red;
    height: 150px;
    width: 350px;
    justify-content: center;

    /* Actual code */
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

<div>
    <p>Hola</p>
</div>

Old answer: You can use vertical-align: middle if you specify also display: table-cell;

.div {
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

Working example:

div {
  border: 1px solid red;
  height: 150px;
  width: 350px;
  text-align: center;
  
  /* Actual code */
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

<div>
    <p>Hola</p>
</div>

If it does not work you can try setting its parent as display: table;:

.parent-selector {
    display: table;
}

Edit: You have this method plus all the methods covered on this question in this other question: How do I vertically center text with CSS?