The trick is to think of sequences of digits, not the number they represent. What options exist for the first digit encountered? What conditions have to be met after a certain one of them?

use strict;
use Test::More 'no_plan';

my $rx = qr/\A
    (?: [0-4]\d? | 5?[0-5] ) \.
    (?: [0-4]\d? | 5?[0-5] )
\z/x;

my %test = (
    '56.0' => 0,
    '0.56' => 0,
   '48.56' => 0,
   '56.10' => 0,
    '55.0' => 1,
   '55.55' => 1,
     '0.0' => 1,
   '10.10' => 1,
);

my $result;

is(/$rx/, !!$result, $_) while ($_, $result) = each %test;

__END__
ok 1 - 0.56
ok 2 - 56.10
ok 3 - 55.0
ok 4 - 55.55
ok 5 - 48.56
ok 6 - 56.0
ok 7 - 10.10
ok 8 - 0.0
1..8
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If the first digit seen is any of 0 to 4, then it is legal, and may optionally be followed by any other digit. If it is 5, it is legal, and may optionally be followed by another digit from the 0-5 range. Any other sequence is illegal.

Update: I knew I was missing something when I wrote my test cases.. sigh. And it is so obvious. So there's a third case if the first digit is 6-9: it it is legal if not followed by anything.

my $rx = qr/\A
    (?: [0-4]\d? | 5?[0-5] | [6-9] ) \.
    (?: [0-4]\d? | 5?[0-5] | [6-9]  )
\z/x;
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Adding some cases to the test:

    '62.6' => 0,
    '9.97' => 0,
    '55.9' => 1,
    '1.49' => 1,
     '6.7' => 1,
    '06.7' => 1,
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They all pass. Now let's hope I'm not still a bonehead.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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