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CSS/HTML text / background alignment problem

CSS/HTML text background issue
I am using HTML and CSS to produce a web page which has a line of text at a fixed position in the web page and the text should have a specific background colour.
The problem is that the text is not centered in the background but is aligned to the top of the background box.
How can I code the CSS style sheet to correct this ?
I attach an image of the HTML and the web display. The CSS file is as follows:

/*RESET START*/
<style>
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed, 
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, 
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	font-size: 100%;
	font: inherit;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, 
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
	display: block;
}
body {
	line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
	list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
	quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
	content: '';
	content: none;
}
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0;
}
/*RESET END*/



.red {
	background-color:#FF0000 ; width:200px; position:absolute; top:100px; height:50px; text-align:center;  vertical-align:middle;
}
.lime {
	 background-color:#66FF33 width:200px; position:absolute; top:100px;height:50px;text-align:center;
}

</style>

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