diff --git a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ExclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ExclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
index a4ebfa4..6cb332f 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ExclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ExclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ public class ExclusiveBetweenValidatorTests {
 		Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => RangeValidatorFactory.CreateExclusiveBetween<Person, string>("ccc", "aaa"));
 	}
 
+	[Fact]
+	public void When_the_to_is_smaller_than_the_from_then_the_validator_should_throw_for_chars() {
+		// char.CompareTo returns the arithmetic difference (for example 'a'.CompareTo('c') == -2),
+		// so the range guard must treat any negative result as "less than", not only -1.
+		Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => RangeValidatorFactory.CreateExclusiveBetween<Person, char>('c', 'a'));
+	}
+
 	[Fact]
 	public void When_the_validator_fails_the_error_message_should_be_set_for_strings() {
 		var validator = new TestValidator(v => v.RuleFor(x => x.Surname).ExclusiveBetween("bbb", "zzz"));
diff --git a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/InclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/InclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
index 8341b18..3f1cc76 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/InclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/InclusiveBetweenValidatorTests.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ public class InclusiveBetweenValidatorTests {
 		Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => RangeValidatorFactory.CreateInclusiveBetween<Person, string>("ccc", "aaa"));
 	}
 
+	[Fact]
+	public void When_the_to_is_smaller_than_the_from_then_the_validator_should_throw_for_chars() {
+		// char.CompareTo returns the arithmetic difference (for example 'a'.CompareTo('c') == -2),
+		// so the range guard must treat any negative result as "less than", not only -1.
+		Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => RangeValidatorFactory.CreateInclusiveBetween<Person, char>('c', 'a'));
+	}
+
 	[Fact]
 	public void When_the_validator_fails_the_error_message_should_be_set_for_strings() {
 		var validator = new TestValidator(v => v.RuleFor(x => x.Surname).InclusiveBetween("bbb", "zzz"));
diff --git a/src/FluentValidation/Validators/RangeValidator.cs b/src/FluentValidation/Validators/RangeValidator.cs
index eafe717..28acc8f 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation/Validators/RangeValidator.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation/Validators/RangeValidator.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ public abstract class RangeValidator<T, TProperty> : PropertyValidator<T, TPrope
 
 		_explicitComparer = comparer;
 
-		if (comparer.Compare(to, from) == -1) {
+		// IComparer<T>.Compare only guarantees the sign of the result, not a specific
+		// magnitude, so any negative value means "to" is less than "from". Comparing against
+		// -1 misses comparers that return other negatives (for example char.CompareTo, which
+		// returns the arithmetic difference, or custom comparers).
+		if (comparer.Compare(to, from) < 0) {
 			throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(to), "To should be larger than from.");
 		}
 	}